Nessa LynchNessa Lynch

Dr Nessa Lynch is an associate professor at the Faculty of Law at Victoria University of Wellington

Facial recognition technology is here. New Zealand’s law is nowhere near ready

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Without a strong legal and ethical framework and clear policy for use, FRT can have grave implications for individual and collective rights, writes Nessa Lynch. Automated facial recognition technology, which involves the use of an algorithm to match a facial image to one already stored in a system, is used in automated passport control and … Read more

National’s youth justice policy is a solution in search of a problem

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The Opposition’s newly released law and order policy makes some claims that aren’t based in fact, argues Dr Nessa Lynch, an associate professor at the Faculty of Law at Victoria University of Wellington. New Zealand’s youth justice system works well for the majority of our young people who come to notice for offending. Like in … Read more